BEACH v. COMMONWEALTH


246 S.W.2d 587 (1952)

BEACH v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Wall, J. B. Carter, George E. Reams, all of Harlan, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Claude Beach, was convicted of the murder of Avery Hensley and sentenced to life imprisonment.

At one time Beach and Hensley had been friends but differences had developed between them some weeks before the shooting. Police had conducted a raid at a place of business belonging to deceased and had found about seven cases of whiskey and fourteen cases of beer. Hensley accused the appellant of informing the police, and told the chief...

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